The Old Lifeboat House in Tendring

Enjoyed this one immensely. Friendly and knowledgeable staff

Good beer, good price, good service

Great little pub with excellent selection of real ales.

Good pub. Great beer will be back soon

Lovely little pub went down to Clacton on the way back to the Car popped in Had a drink (soft) and a snack.

Great beer and atmosphere, the food options looked tempting. The staff served up a warm welcome, music requests, and selection suggestions really good. Lots of chat and banter if you want it but also space to be alone with your thoughts if that's what you are after. The OLH team really created a calm, warm, and friendly vibe. Recommended.

Popped in for a quick drink. Friendly welcome by the locals Real ale was well kept. Fab pictures of the area in victorian times

Decent pub, nice large outside space and dog friendly. 5 ales on, good range of colours and types. Ale well kept and good price. Ales not particularly local but were from a range of breweries you don't often see.

Could be a really good real ale place. Beers are certainly well prepared but the square, almost like social club decor lets it down. Food only on Wednesday and Sunday.

Nice atmosphere lots of nice drinks,

Nice quiet place for a pint and sit down outside in the little beer garden Dog friendly

Quality real ale pub. Friendly landlord and locals. Choice of four on my visit. Èxcellent place. Highly Recommended

First time in here since moving to Clacton. It won't be my last.

Great pub very friendly with village atmosphere

Lovely pub with good beer and nice atmosphere very friendly and right by the sea.

Great selection of drinks and people very friendly but a bit noisy with the busy road outside if you want to sit outside

Been here a few times, and always a nice place to visit and very good prices

A beautiful atmosphere, lovely little place, not visited before, but will be back, very good feeling about the place ,Homely and welcoming.

Very much a local pub good beer and company. Well run

My favourite pub in Clacton. Great selection of local cask ales at a great price. Sunday roasts served.

A traditional bar serving 5 well kept cask ales inside an historical building. It is an oasis in a real ale desert!

Good Beer 🍺 made very welcome nice outdoor area

Very nice old pub,and restaurant would recommend this to anyone!!??, great real,ales,too,!!?!, Wednesday evening meals All a tenner or under!!??, great value,!!??,

A nice pub .Not one that unless you googled it looking for ale or pubs in general. No external sign saying it's a pub. Has a gazebo/ tent covering at the front giving extra cover area at the front. No a large pub by any standard , but bigger then cozy. On my visit they had 4 of 5 ales on . Proper job, silver adder, wherry and Colchester brewery's Jack salty (I think). Abbot was of ! , which to me was no great lose (not a massive greedie king ale fan myself). They had to normal lagers on (didn't notice if they had a strong larger on though !). Handy that they take card payments as well as cash . Easy to find once you know were it is . Walked along the front (towards Holland on sea), turn left at the Aylesford sign , the pub is on the right . Will revisit upon m6 next visit .

Nice friendly pub with a fairly good selection of local beers. I'm partially disabled and have to use a crutch when walking. As it was a warm early evening , I wanted to sit outside, so someone kindly took my drink out for me, which I appreciated. Will visit again next time I'm in Clacton.

Even though the location is a little different it has a traditional pub feel, and the beers were from local breweries and were well kept.

After visiting the "moon" I had a few beers in the lifeboat. This is so far removed from the other pub it's astonishing. Bar staff were superb, beer good as was the atmosphere.

Good pint, liked atmosphere liked the ambiance

Bunch of nutters and fab selection of guns

Excellent selection of beers, marvellous, Noel is very welcoming

Great beer with friendly staff and locals. Great place for a chill out beer

Had Sunday dinner here. Was really nice. Had chicken roast dinner. All was freshly prepared, and the Yorkshire pudding was nice and big. Plenty off gravey and plenty of veg too

Had a lovely chat with the owner....a very friendly pub has has close links to the RNLI... Serves mostly locals and has a nice atmosphere/ambience about it...not a large pub by anymeans, but if you fancy a game of darts then this has one. Been popping into this pub over the last 20 years as we are from the midlands and come down to Clacton on a regular basis to visit family... Cheers to the Old Lighthouse..👍🍻

Great little pub visited it on sunday very friendly pub

Great pub serving interesting decent ales served well. Friendly landlord and locals and comfortable areas to sit. We'll worth a visit.

Excellent friendly locals , very welcoming. Value for money 5 stars

Gem of a local pub. Friendly bar staff. Good variety of drinks including local ales. Well worth a visit. Can highly recommend this place.

Nice friendly pub worth a visit

Lovely place great beer great staff and atmosphere

Great little pub. Great atmosphere.

Lovely cosy pub, though it did have a spacious marquee outside at the time. Very friendly staff! Made us feel very welcome. Price point of drinks was good. Really glad we stopped in here before heading back to the guesthouse.

Very friendly with a great range of beer

Brilliant pub, nice beer and great staff

Awesome place.. Really nice and friendly people working there.. Highly recommended..👍👍👍

Cracking little pub good choice of beers 🍻

Nice pub, well organised staff service ....

Fast and efficient table service from very friendly staff.

A couple of local ales which were well kept and nice to see an effort made for outdoor seating. Friendly landlord too although his, and a few other patrons, language could be a bit coarse.

Great table service!! Love it...no waiting at bar..great.

Lovely boozer with real ales and darts

Good place for a nice drink. Quiet and relaxing.

Nice conversion. Friendly bar staff and proper local pint from Colchester Brewery. Only criticism was the sad litter in the hedges.

Popped in while visiting Clacton pier. Good well kept beer. More of a locals pub but was good for a quick visit and couple of pints.

Great selection of proper beer and cider

Nice cosy bar with friendly staff.

Great little pub ! Full of nice people and the owners are great too good food too

Rude and told closed when 10.40

We were at a camera burns supper night the food was excellent and the ale was very good

A good choice of real ales at reasonable prices.

Great atmosphere and lovely staff😆

Brilliant evening with friends old and new xx

Crazy little pub really friendly .no thrills just good company .will be back

Best independent pub in Clacton-in my view. Good real ale.

Nice local......no pool table but the menu looks really nice

A relaxed environment with good food and beer

Nice little place very friendly

Reasonable beer but no atmosphere.

The staff are friendly and helpful

Good pub but when I visited there was too much reliance on beers such as doom bar, need to support the smaller breweriez

Great home cooked food on a Wednesday night which you can enjoy with a good choice of real ale.

Was sat outside the Old Lifeboat watching the Clacton AirShow drinking a lovely St Austell Ale. Perfect!

Very nice but basically just a decent gastro pub.

Refused to let us enter pub 8-15 Sunday evening

Went in to black our nose not been before but will give it another look

Great choice of well kept beers

We were in a party of 9, it was easy to get a table together. Only had 2 drinks each, but although minimalistic, it was a comfortable atmosphere. Good choice of ales.

Nice old pub friend ly atmosphere good selection of beers

Good choice of real ale, friendly pub

Nice place and good selection of drinks

Nice friendly pub with well kept real ale - enjoyed visiting and landlord was great :-)

Friendly atmosphere and friendly staff. Great place for a quiet drink

Always nice to drop in for a pint or 3 of real ale when I am in town

Usual stand up comedy from jovial host Ron .Very good lunch time snacks and nice ales .😋

Friendly landlord and great beer choice

Went in search of real ale in Clacton on Sea as this was recommended by Google. The locals were friendly and it was nice and clean. There was a good selection but no draught dark ales to be had at the time of our visit other than Guinness.

Great pub. Good selection of real ales at reasonable prices. Friendly staff and regulars

Friendly, good beer, good prices. Food always looks good and, again, good prices but haven't actually eaten there. Parking is very limited.

Excellent food, very good value, well worth a try, you won't be disappointed

Very friendly if they know you otherwise very cautious.

Great little pub will be back to try the food

Lovely atmosphere and real ales. Staff very polite and helpful.

A traditional pub with real ales and ciders, landlord does top food on certain days which makes it special. Great local community, with some of the querkier residents of Clacton frequenting the bar.

Excellent service and range of real ales

The staff are the best here. Great atmosphere too.

Great staff, real ale, friendly place, good food and nice to sit outside, nice sea front view

Lovely bit of grub today I like this pub

Great pub. Good beers and goog food.

Real ale pub predominantly for locals. Food on Wednesdays only, very good.

I would agree with some of the other reviews, local pub for local people!

More for local clientele. A small local residence pub and club. Beer choice limited on our visit but it was just after the weekend.